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Lowell squanders jewel with unsightly canal system

It is a shame that each year when summer and tourists roll into the city, those who manage the water in the canals don't think a little about the negative impact an empty canal has on the city.

This spring and early summer was definitely better than last year but here we are in July, Boarding House Park concertgoers and visitors to the Boott Mills Museum get to walk down John Street and look at an empty, polluted, dirty canal.

Living at the Boott Mills and watching and listening to visitors you can see their surprise when seeing what could be a Kodak moment turn into a shocking moment. Doesn't any city or National Park Service reps have any influence, in negotiating with the managers of the canal system, over providing water in strategically located canals in the city, particularly on weekends?

Lowell could be the Venice of America, but first we need water in our canals.

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